 "Sugarcane")
With sugarcane outstandings for the 2017-18 crushing season floating above Rs 22 billion, even after the expiry of the November 30 deadline set by chief minister Yogi Adityanath, the sugar crisis has now reached the doorsteps of union food minister Ram Vilas Paswan.
UP sugarcane and sugar development minister Suresh Rana, who also holds the portfolio of minister of state for industrial development, has written to Paswan seeking immediate relief in the form of increasing the state sugar sale quota to 1.1 million tonnes (MT) and hiking the floor ex-factory sugar sale price from Rs 2,900/quintal to Rs 3,250/quintal.
According to sources,
